2:00 PM.

After lunch, Chen Hao and the others returned to the coffee shop near the Yin Yang Master Association.

Chen Hao insisted on returning to this coffee shop because it allowed them to casually observe the situation at the City C Yin Yang Master Association and see if any related individuals appeared.

Due to their extreme disdain for Huang Yejiang, Tang Jing, and Ye Yuqiao sat at a separate table.

An hour later.

At the table with Chen Hao, Xie Xiaofeng, and Huang Yejiang, there was consistent silence—Chen Hao turned to look at Ye Yuqiao, Xie Xiaofeng was buried in his phone screen, while the idle yet uneasy Huang Yejiang endured the agony. He was not sure if these younger Onmyoji could be relied upon, nor did he know when the Yin Soul of Li Nuanyan would appear to seek him out.

"Brother," Huang Yejiang called out looking at the profile of Chen Hao, "let's have a chat, shall we?"

Chen Hao chuckled, turned his head to look at Huang Yejiang, and said, "I don't have much to talk about with you, but rest assured, I will make sure you won't die!"

After speaking, Chen Hao turned his head back and, like an infatuated admirer, continued to appreciate Ye Yuqiao's beauty while mentally communicating with her through the Nether King's Heart. Ye Yuqiao, on the other hand, had to engage in whispered girl talk with Tang Jing while also responding to Chen Hao, and from time to time, had to give him an acknowledging glance, quite busy indeed.

Seeing Chen Hao uninterested in engaging with him, Huang Yejiang then looked towards Xie Xiaofeng. However, before he could speak, Xie Xiaofeng lifted his left hand, shook it, and said coldly, "I have nothing to talk to you about either!"

Huang Yejiang's face darkened, his breathing became heavy, and had it not been for his need of Chen Hao and the others, with his usually prideful character, he would have already stormed off in a fury.

With a "Bang!" Xie Xiaofeng suddenly slammed his hand on the table and exclaimed, "This is bad!"

His action startled not only their own party but also the other customers in the coffee shop.

Once the attention of others was diverted away from Xie Xiaofeng, Chen Hao softly asked, "What's wrong?"

Huang Yejiang, beside them, looked at Xie Xiaofeng in a daze, his mind in turmoil, while at the next table, Ye Yuqiao and Tang Jing also looked at Xie Xiaofeng with bewildered concern.

"Damn it, there's been an accident," Xie Xiaofeng tried to control the volume and tension in his voice, glanced at Huang Yejiang, and continued, "Just now, many students at their school died mysteriously all of a sudden. I just saw it on the news."

"What!" Huang Yejiang was stunned, wanting to snatch Xie Xiaofeng's phone to see the news, yet too timid to actually look.

Chen Hao's expression darkened, and he felt self-reproach for his error in judgment, as the ghost didn't hide nearby to act opportunistically as he had guessed, but instead had returned to the school to seek revenge on the other students who helped spread the rumors.

"Boyfriend, don't blame yourself!" Ye Yuqiao's voice timely resonated in Chen Hao's mind, "This is the result of those students spreading rumors. Besides, even if you were there, you couldn't have stopped the female ghost. As long as it hides inside a phone, we can't do anything about it. Just consider this retribution for those people. There must be punishment for doing evil in the world, otherwise, it would be too unfair."

"Mm," Chen Hao silently agreed, "I'm not blaming myself. You're right, we learn from the punishment for certain things; otherwise, we're bound to make the same mistakes again."

"Brother," Huang Yejiang anxiously looked at Xie Xiaofeng, "could you use your phone to log into our school's forum for me? I want to know if I recognize any of the students who died."

Xie Xiaofeng nodded in agreement.

Subsequently, using the username and password provided by Huang Yejiang, Xie Xiaofeng logged into the forum of City C University. The forum was buzzing about the series of mysterious deaths, and many students had already linked this incident to Huang Yejiang's "Death Dorm" and to Li Nuanyan's suicide from the previous week, followed by various wild guesses and analyses.

"Your school's students are still spreading rumors and fabricating stories, they really are fearless in their ignorance!" Xie Xiaofeng mocked before reading the list of deceased students announced by the school officials to Huang Yejiang.

As he listened to the list of deceased students, Huang Yejiang's complexion grew increasingly grim. Most of these students were friends from his faculty. On the night Liu Weitao posted Li Nuanyan's indecent photo and posts on the forum, Huang Yejiang had instantly acted as if he knew nothing, rushing excitedly to the dorm next door to call upon the students to check out Li Nuanyan's indecent photos on the forum, subtly inciting them to share the photos and posts.

Nowadays, most of those people are dead, or in other words, they were indirectly killed by him.

"Do you know these people?" Chen Hao asked Huang Yejiang.

Huang Yejiang shook his head repeatedly, saying, "Only one or two, from the same college!"

Huang Yejiang lied because he was worried that if he told the truth, Chen Hao and the others might get angry and abandon him.

The night was deep.

Chen Hao and his group of four took Huang Yejiang with them and checked into a hotel. Ye Yuqiao and Tang Jing stayed in one room, while Chen Hao, Xie Xiaofeng, and Huang Yejiang shared a triple room.

Not long ago, City C University officially posted the latest news on the forum: As of 20:00 that day, there had already been twenty-three students who died suddenly and mysteriously, including nineteen males and four females. According to the current situation, this incident may be caused by the recent bad weather as well as the stress from graduation theses and job searching. The possibility of other food poisonings or infectious diseases was not ruled out.

In the room.

Ye Yuqiao had gone to take a shower, while Tang Jing lay on the bed watching the television program.

"Hahaha!" Tang Jing laughed at the TV show.

At that moment, her phone suddenly rang.

With her left hand, Tang Jing reached for the nightstand, keeping her gaze on the television.

After grabbing the phone, she swiped right with her thumb to answer the call, a habit from the past, and put the phone to her ear, her eyes still captivated by the screen.

"Hello? Who's this?"

"Hello?"

"Hello?"

After calling out three times and getting no response, Tang Jing's eyebrows furrowed, feeling it very strange.

"Humph!" Suddenly, an eerie laugh came through the phone.

Tang Jing felt a chill run down her spine and then brought the phone in front of her face.

On the screen, there was the face of a female ghost with blood flowing from its seven orifices.

Before Tang Jing could react, a hand reached out from the phone, carrying a strong burst of Yin Qi.

The hand, swift as an arrow, shot towards Tang Jing's chest.

Fortunately, Tang Jing reacted in time. A moment before the hand could pierce her chest, she forced a large amount of Yang Energy from her body to the outside, blocking the hand.

The female ghost on the screen let out a cold laugh, and a purple aura of malevolence emerged from the screen...

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